As all of you know, of course, the winter of 2013-14 was a very tough one in eastern Canada, particularly in Atlantic Canada. Icebreakers and their crews that are run by the coast guard were stretched to the limit, and ferries and other ships were stuck because they couldn't be moved. Now we see that in fact there was a lapse, and yet I have a memorandum from the Atlantic regional director of the coast guard to the commanding officers of all the Atlantic region fleet outlining the fact that funds were running out and they could not afford to bring on additional employees to assist with the demanding winter that they were experiencing. Yet this department lapsed $172 million that it didn't spend. I've had some past familiarity with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and I enjoyed my time there, but I'm at a loss to comprehend how you can run out of money on the one hand and then lapse money on the other hand.
On November 6th, 2014. See this statement in context.